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NORTHWEST PUB., INC. v. CITY OF ST. PAUL

No. C2-88-1474.

435 N.W.2d 64 (1989)

NORTHWEST PUBLICATIONS, INC., petitioner, Respondent, v. CITY OF SAINT PAUL, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied March 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Vanselow, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, for respondent.

Edward P. Starr, City Atty., Philip B. Byrne, Asst. City Atty., St. Paul, for appellants.

Patricia Hirl Longstaff, Associate Gen. Counsel, Star Tribune, Mark Anfinson, Minnesota Newspaper Assn., Minneapolis, for amicus curiae.

Heard, considered and decided by FOLEY, P.J., and NORTON and FLEMING, JJ.

OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

The City of St. Paul and the St. Paul City Council appeal from a preemptory writ of mandamus ordering that a city council meeting for discussion of proposed city ordinance amendments be open to the public. We affirm.

FACTS

For several months the St. Paul City Council had been considering proposed changes in city ordinances relative to on-sale liquor establishments and nude dancing. The proposed amendments intend to...

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